Tuesday February 12, 2013, 10:20 am
Cats don't need baths but a few combs and brushes do a world of good. Michel liked to be vacuumed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uCBknFyhqg&list=UUqIJ1zImzpDs-KCRL86ejig&index=22

Tuesday February 12, 2013, 11:28 am
Ha! And a pair of lead-lined gloves!! My little ones get used to grooming as babies (or as soon as they're adopted) so they don't fuss at grooming time. They look forward to it, especially the long-haireds.

Tuesday February 12, 2013, 1:38 pm
I have several of these things. My cats all hate the furmigator so I can't use that without a fight. I bought a shedding comb, but that didn't work well. I actually have about 2 dozen different tools for grooming my cats. Some they like and others they don't. I have never given the cats I have now a bath. We told not to. When I first became a cat owner, I thought you had to bath them like dogs, but was told you shouldn't, so I don't. Cat's will keep themselves clean unless they are sick or getting old.

Tuesday February 12, 2013, 5:35 pm
I just use a flea comb on my cats to remove any loose bits and give them a hand massage also, mostly on Snowy, she's got the longest coat and it saves her a lot of work licking her coat clean, although she still likes to finish off the coat cleaning herself. One night recently my cat Blacky came in soaking wet and covered in mud so I put one inch of warm water into the kitchen sink, but as I picked him up he immediately opened out all four legs with claws extended and grabbed at the edges of my sink and taps with three of his legs and my arm with the spare one. After two painful attempts I gave up and wiped him clean with some wet, followed by dry, tissues.

Wednesday February 13, 2013, 9:05 am
We had a kitty we used to take to the groomer's twice a year because she had a triple coat and as she aged she could not manage mats herself, nor would she allow us to fuss over them. I bought a furminator as soon as they came out and it works very well on all the cats we have now.